Is it possible that some one could post photo's of the Bachmann forney and a DSP&P mason buggie at a simmilar angle. I would like to maby convert one. I do not need a perfect match just want the general look.

While I like the idea of buildign a Mason Bogie locomotive, it is a complex project due to the pivot under the boiler.

You might want to look into the 2-4-4 Forney used at Cripple Creek by the F&CC railroads. It was used for commuting miners to get to their respective mines. It is virtually identical to the Bachmann On30 Forney. It was sold to the Pajaro Valley Southern near Watsonville, Ca after use on the F&CC. There are many pictures of it in the various F&CC books

but taking the DSP&P 2-6-6T Mason Bogies out of the equation,there were 0-4-4T Mason Bogies that would be a lot closer!not quite as famous or distinctive as the DSP&P 2-6-6T bogies, but it might be somewhat remotely doable to turn a Bachman forney into a 0-4-4T Mason:

Thanks, I think the main thing that would have to be changed would be the headlight. Then the problem comes up of the Bachmann IF Forney comming with a wood cab instead of that ones steel. Also it appears but I am not sure that there is a head light on the back of the cab.

Again, I think the problems that would be encountered trying to convert the Bachmann inside frame Forney into Golden Circle / F&CC 51 would be rather significant. Different wheel size, wheel base, engine weight. After all, the Bachmann Forneys are generally based on two foot gauge locomotives built for the Sandy River & Rangely Lakes, which were smaller than the one built for the three foot gauge Golden Circle. But, it's worth taking a look at it.

While there seems to be a lot of comment about a Mason Bogie, it seems to be a complicated prototype, more so when one considers the need to get it around the curves most of us have on our model railroads - and I am presuming it would be a 22 or 24 inch radius curve, not the 15 popular with the train set crowd. The engine is a bogie - a truck - that swivels under the boiler, while the valve gear reaches over the top of the boiler. How much compromise is possible without looking toy-like would be an issue there, I suspect. Still,who knows what the Bachmann design team may be working on? They did a nice job of keeping the ET&WNC ten wheeler under wraps.

Still, if DSP&P is one's interest, get an armload of the moguls. They are a good starting point for some of the early DSP&P power. Royce Wilson has done a beautiful job with his. Yes, the C&S air tanks on the boiler went, and so did the steel cab. But you've got a good place to begin.

Colorado Rail annual 15, Utah & Northern locomotive roster list their engine number 45 as a 0-4-2T Mason Orig. AmericanFork R R #1 sold 1873 rebuilt from 0-4-4T to 0-4-2T. editor notes that this engine was the first Mason Forney-type constructed built to 3 foot gauge in 1871 on speculation;sold in April 1872 to the American Fork R R (and named the Onward) after being converted to 3 foot 2 inch gauge and further modified,beingshipped in July 1872. Found unsatisfactory,a Porter 0-6-0 was obtained as replacement and the Mason was taken out of service(perhaps as early as 1873); It was said to have been stored at Sandy,Utah,for some time. At some point it found its way into the UP system and was further rebuilt(into 3 foot gauge 0-4-2T). this may be the same "dinky" as a switch engine briefly in 1883-84 on the South Park, before its appearance in 1885 on the Utah & Northern.

It is interesting to note that the book" South Park "does not list engine number 75 ,even though the author is the same as the Colo Rail Anul. 12.

My point was that there was so little known about this little "dinky" why not just use a Bachmann Forney and letter it as DSP&P 75 ?